Brenna Youngblood
# Brenna Youngblood

Brenna Youngblood (born 1979) is an American artist based in Los Angeles who is known for creating photographic collages, sculpture, and paintings. Her work explores issues of African-American identity and representation.

## Education

Youngblood received a BFA from the California State University, Long Beach in 2002 and an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006.

## Work

Youngblood's work often references historically significant moments and organizations in African-American history such as her 2017 sculpture M.I.A. which "refers to the Montgomery Improvement Association, a group co-organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. to guide the Montgomery bus boycott protest in 1955".

Youngblood has held 11 solo exhibitions from 2006 to 2017. Some of Youngblood's first solo exhibits (2007 & 2008) were at the Margo Leavin [Gallery]. She has also been a part of 16 group exhibitions from 2004 to 2018. Many of Youngblood's exhibitions have been shown largely in Los Angeles and New York City. She is represented by Roberts Projects, Honor Fraser, and Galerie Nathalie Obadia. Her work is included in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum, She was included in the 2019 traveling exhibition Young, Gifted, and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art.

## Awards

* 2015 Seattle Art Museum Gwendolyn Knight/Jacob Lawrence Prize
* 2014 The Hermitage Artist Retreat, Englewood, FL
* 2012 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Young Talent Award/AHAN Award.
